"They tried to remember happy things. There were a lot of good memories," said Brian Smiffin, who works at a country club the family belonged to and where Caroline would swim. Her mom called her a precious angel.

Msgr. Robert Weiss told mourners that Caroline was probably the happiest addition to heaven in a long time.

"It is the hardest thing to deal with, you never would have thought we would be going to one of their funerals," said Sean Farrell, who also worked at a country club.

"She was wonderful. At that age they are all wonderful," said one of Caroline's great aunts, who didn't want to give her name. Caroline was described as sweet and beautiful, with an infectious smile.

Throughout the 90-minute service, nearly 50 police motorcycles were parked side by side in front and to the left of the church. They represented a dozen police departments including Trumbull, Milford, Hamden, Westport, Darien, Fairfield and Ossining N.Y.